All the Tea in ChinaA Novel

All the Tea in ChinaA Novel

In this hilarious novel, Bonfiglioli takes us back in time to an ironical maritime rompâ€•Master and Commander by way of Monty Python.
Inspired by a shotgun blast in the seat of his breeches, young Karli Van Cleef quits his native Holland to seek his fortune. He arrives in early Victorian London and soon he is turning a pretty profit. But Karli sees that true opportunity flowers in India's fields of opium poppies and the treaty ports of the China coast. So he takes a berth in an opium clipper hell-bent for the Indies. It is a journey beset with perils. Karli is confronted by the mountainous seas, high-piled plates of curry, and the ferocious penalties of the Articles of War. He survives the malice of the Boers, the hospitality of anthropophagi, and the horrors of Lancashire cooking. En route he acquires some interesting diseases, dangerous friends and enemies, a fortune, and a wife almost as good as new.
Country USA
Brand The Overlook Press
Manufacturer Overlook Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781590200728
ReleaseDate 2008-07-31
UnitCount 1
UPCs 884333036772
EANs 9781590200728

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